By Chidi Nkwopara, OWERRI.
January 19,2018
An air of disbelief and
shock enveloped parts of Imo State Thursday, following the court judgment that
confirmed Federal Government’s position that the Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, is a terrorist group.
IPOB cartoon People were seen in groups, discussing
the development in hushed tones, as soon as the outcome of the judgment
filtered into Owerri municipality. Efforts made to get some government
officials to speak on the issue failed, as they reasoned that “it is a very delicate
national issue”.
However, some people who claimed to be IPOB loyalists said
they were not surprised by the judgment of the court.
“What did you expect from
the court controlled by the same government that called us a terrorist group?
It is sheer irony that those who don’t carry firearms and don’t believe in
wasting precious human lives are branded terrorists
. This is Nigeria for you”,
Ikechukwu Okam said.
According to Ikechukwu, “everything about Ndigbo must be
treated like our views and aspirations don’t count”. In her own opinion,
Florence, a mother of three queried why the rampaging herdsmen that have killed
several people, are still treated with kid gloves, while IPOB loyalists are
branded terrorists.
“Go and tell government that they can kill the flesh but
definitely not the spirit. Many souls may still be killed by the security
agencies, but generations after us will continue from where we stopped”,
Florence said. She recalled that only recently, a court of corresponding
jurisdiction, ruled that IPOB was not a terrorist group and wondered what the
judge saw differently.
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....https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/ipob-not-terrorist-group-survey/Published/Edited by Anyi Kin
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